12/31/2012

Marvel is king of the box office, but this infographic I created shows DC rules live-action television.

Above Image: Marvel Comics vs. DC Comics infographic

The comic book companies Marvel and DC comics have been producing live-action television shows based on their books for decades. DC manages to beat Marvel at every turn. Frankly, I thought the results would be a lot closer.

While shows based on Hulk, Jessica Jones, Mockingbird, Cloak and Dagger and The Punisher are in development, Marvel has to go a long way to catch up to DC's dominance of live-action television.

The graphic shows the number of episodes for each show based on Marvel and DC comic books. While the number of episodes a television show runs is not a complete measure of it's success, shows that work for a large number of people get renewed. Shows that are unpopular do not.

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Yeah, I think they can be happy with a few billion dollars in the bank Alex. Subject: [geektwins] Re: The War Between Marvel and DC Television Infographic By The Geek Twins [Infographic] ~ The Geek Twins

Good question KryptoTSD. I double-checked Wikipedia and Wonder Woman ran 59 episodes and Spider-Man for only 15. The Japanese version of Spider-Man ran an astonishing 41 episodes in one year! Thanks for joining in.